TIGER WOODS is currently midway through his first round of The Open and he’s making headlines over the KT tape on display on the back of his neck.

Tiger Woods has not played in the Open since 2015 due to injury and the last of his 14 major wins was back in 2008, but the conditions were reminiscent of his most recent Open victory at Hoylake in 2006 and allowed him to employ a similar conservative approach.

Woods visibly winced after hitting his opening tee shot, but that appeared to be the result of getting some dust from the dry ground in his eye and he went on to make an ideal start with a birdie from 10 feet.

A superb second shot to the fourth set up a birdie from close range and took the former world number one to two under par as conditions remained far calmer than had been forecast.

But fans are concerned his injury woes could be returning after he was spotted with KT tape on his neck.

Tiger Woods was spotted wearing KT tape on the opening day of The Open (Image: GETTY)